Nadine Coyle was unable to visit Cheryl Cole when she was suffering from malaria because she was too busy running her business empire, it has been claimed.

The Girls Aloud member, who is currently recording her debut solo album, was looking for locations to open another Irish bar in LA, according to The Sun.

A source said: “Nadine admitted that she’s started to get homesick. She told me, ‘I’ve spoken to Cheryl. I was so worried about her. I’m going to try to meet up with all the girls when I get to the UK. I’ve missed them.’

“Nadine said she thought about heading home when she heard about Cheryl but she’s been busy planning to extend the Irish Mist chain. If Girls Aloud are over in that sense, then Nadine is fine. She has her solo career and her pub franchise to concentrate on.

“But the girls have grown up together. Nadine is sad that she hasn’t spoken to them much over the past year – but with the time difference, it’s difficult.”

It was reported earlier this week that Girls Aloud are planning a comeback in 2011 without Nadine.

Nadine should just for once and for all try and end this crap this media is giving her by visiting Cheryl, just once. She’s doing herself no favours at all, the more she isolates herself from the girls, the more the media is gonna turn against her.